List of Famous people who died at 77
Franklin Cleckley
Franklin Dorrah Cleckley was an American law professor and judge. He was Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.
William Boyd
William Lawrence Boyd was an American film actor who is best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
Arsen Dedić
Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet and was one of the best-selling poets of former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Shizuko Natsuki
Murder at Mt. Fuji is a Japanese novel by author Shizuko Natsuki, originally published in 1982. It has been adapted into several Japanese television dramas and a film.
Çolpan İlhan
Çolpan İlhan was a Turkish cinema and theatre actress. In 1998 she was awarded the title of State Artist of Turkey. She acted in more than 300 films and theater plays.
Seif Sharif Hamad
Seif Sharif Hamad was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo. He was the secretary-general of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party and first vice president of Zanzibar until 18 March 2019 when he announced his resignation from CUF and joined Alliance for Change and Transparency. He was given an ACT Wazalendo card number One, and he also won the party nomination for the 2020 presidential candidate for Zanzibar.
K.D. Malaviya
Keshav Dev Malaviya was a leader of Indian National Congress and a union minister of India. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh. He received his degree in oil technology from HBTI Kanpur. He served as a Minister of Petroleum in the 1970s in the Congress government. He is also known as the Father of the Indian Petroleum Industry.
Gerardo Sofovich
Gerardo Andrés Sofovich was an Argentine businessman, dramaturge, television host and presenter, comedian, scriptwriter, and director.
Michael Winner
Michael Robert Winner was an English film director and producer, bon vivant, and a restaurant critic for The Sunday Times.
Don Matthews
Donald J. Matthews, a.k.a. "The Don", was a head coach of several professional football teams, mostly in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won 231 games in the CFL, the second highest win total by a head coach in the league's history. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September 2011.